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Dear friends,
Sorry for the late newsletter but that’s because I have just... right now... got confirmation of all of the lovely Zumba Instructors who are going to be taking over my classes! Phew - I couldn’t rest easy until I knew you were in safe hands.
My last classes will be Monday 31st October 12-12:45pm (followed by lunch in Arthurs - please do get in touch if you want to come along as it is going to be a tight squeeze - participants only please), Tuesday 1-1:45pm and we will have a special Halloween/leaving party that evening at Vestry Hall 6-8:15pm with some treats and maybe some tricks ;)
...and then finally Thursday 3rd November 7:15-8pm and I may just have to go across the street to the tapas bar for a little “pot” as we used to call it in Paris.
Please remember I can’t expect the instructors to keep up my reward programme - so as a special leaving present to you guys IF YOU HAVE ANY REWARD CARD - even if it’s not completed - YOU CAN HAND IT IN TO ME IN CLASS FOR A REWARD THIS MONTH! (It’ll also help me clear out my stock of rewards!!) First come first served!!!
This weekend I had the privilege of doing a presentation to the Women Against MS Group - I was so nervous as it was the first time doing something like this... not a Zumba Gold chair class (I’ve done hundreds) but something different. My goal was not just to show people (it never is) what Zumba Gold is, but to get them to feel it, to do it before they could start to believe they couldn’t do it, and then... not just that, but to have them experience that they could do it for themselves, without me (seriously, by the end of each song I had my hands behind my back - to show them they didn’t need me) and finally... to use all my experiences... my own experience of not being able to use my muscles properly... taking my ZIN training... Zumba Convention and the incredibly inspiring disabled instructors I’ve met... all to inspire anyone there who might actually want to become a Zumba Instructor. (And I’m not even on commission.)
It went good.
As much as I love teaching classes, and I don’t think I’ll ever quit being an instructor, I feel like there is so much more I want to do - I want to inspire others to teach, especially people who keep telling themselves “I’m too old, too unfit, disabled...” I want to inspire people to travel, to escape, to do whatever it is they dream of, whatever they’ve got into a habit of telling themselves they can’t do. And after Saturday I’m pretty sure I can.
“Dear Pearl. What a great performance, demo' and experience yesterday! I think you definitely inspired the ladies (and a couple of chaps), with your Zumba yesterday. Every one joined in - there was arms a waving, bodies a twisting and in some cases foot tapping. Your chat was such that although MS was in the room, no one saw it! Loved the stories and the physicals. Only trouble is "that you are moving away" ;-(. Thank you once again - you made people who thought they couldn't feel they could - and they did! :-D All the best for your future. Carol (WOMEN AGAINST MS - LONDON)”
Lots of love, Pearl x
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to everyone who completed reward cards this week!
Sue completed 5 classes, fancy that!
Colette completed 5 classes, fantabulous!
Maureen completed 5 classes, fabulous!
Debbie completed 5 classes, furious feet!
Helen completed 5 classes, fantastic job!
Diana completed 8 classes, excellent!
Margaret completed 15 classes, fancy that!
Jane completed 15 classes, feel the burn!
Robyn completed 20 classes, take a bow!
Jill completed 24 classes, takes the cake!
Isabel completed 35 classes, that’s amazing!
Mary completed 39 classes, that’s how you do it!
Anita completed 39 classes, thrilling!
Meta completed 39 classes, thar she goes!
Amelia completed 71 classes, sexy and you know it!
Mary completed 80 classes, excellent!
Sally completed 88 classes, ebullient feet!
Julie completed 100 classes, what a star!
Jenny completed 100 classes, wowza!
Helen completed 116 classes, what a feat!
Chris completed 145 classes, what dedication!
Therese completed 148 classes, what fun!
Nicola completed 177 classes, what a wonder!
Well done and thank you so much for coming to class!
Lots of love, Pearl xx
Monday 31st October 2016
Monday
12 - 12:45pm Zumba Gold® Wimbledon Park Hall £6
Tuesday
1:00 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold® Wimbledon Park Hall £6
6 – 8:15pm Zumba® Fitness Halloween/Leaving Do Vestry Hall £6 before 7pm, £7 after 7pm
Thursday
7:15 - 8pm Zumba® Gold Wimbledon Park Hall £6
From Monday 7th November 2016
Monday
12 - 12:45pm Zumba Gold® Wimbledon Park Hall £6
Class taught by Jodie Hay
Tuesday
1:00 - 1:45pm Zumba Gold® Wimbledon Park Hall £6
Class taught by Norma
7:15 – 8:15pm Zumba® Fitness Vestry Hall £7
Class taught by Selina
Thursday
7:15 - 8pm Zumba® Gold Wimbledon Park Hall £6
Class taught by Jasmine
Monday, 24 October 2016
